Baltimore CEO Appointed to Norkom Technologies' Board of Directors.Business Editors DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 Norkom Technologies Wednesday appointed Fran Rooney Fran Rooney (born 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is one of Ireland's best known businessmen. Fran Rooney grew up in Ringsend and started his career in the Irish Government sector with various roles in the Postal, Telecoms and Civil Aviation sectors. to its board of directors. Rooney is chief executive officer of Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. , a global leader in e/security products, services and solutions and joins the board as a non-executive director, effective immediately. "I am delighted to join the board of Norkom Technologies. Since its foundation two years ago, Norkom has demonstrated outstanding success through its extensive global expansion plans. I look forward to continued growth ahead," commented Rooney. "Fran brings a wealth of experience from both the financial and information technology sectors to his role at Norkom. We're delighted to welcome an entrepreneur of this calibre to our board," said Paul Kerley, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Norkom Technologies. Norkom Technologies, who develop products to help companies predict their customers' behavior and influence their interaction with them in the marketplace, was established in March 1998. Norkom currently employs more than 200 staff. It has offices in Dublin, London, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden and the United States (Boston). In June, Norkom strengthened its Board with the appointment of Denis O'Brien, and Gavin O'Reilly of Independent News & Media. About Fran Rooney Rooney has led Baltimore Technologies as chief executive officer since 1996 when the company consisted of only six people. He recruited the key management team to drive the rapid growth of the company making a global leader in the provision of e/security products, services and solutions. His prior experience includes key roles within National Irish Bank National Irish Bank (NIB) (Irish: Banc Éireannach Náisiúnta) is a commercial bank in the Republic of Ireland, one of the traditional Big Four. In December 2004 Danske Bank agreed to purchase National Irish Bank (and Northern Bank) from the National Australia Bank , where he headed up the bank's Credit Card and Asset Finance Division, the Irish Government and Post Office, International Investments & Underwriting (IIU IIU International Islamic University (Terengganu, Malaysia) IIU Inertial Instrument Unit (US Navy) IIU Imagery Interpretation Unit (USMC) ), Quay Financial Software Quay Financial Software - CSK Software (QFS QFS Quota & File Sentinel (NTP Software) QFS Queensland Fisheries Service QFS Quebec Family Study QFS Qualification Facilities Support (David Florida Laboratory, Canadian Space Agency, Ottawa, Canada) QFS Quick File System ) and Meridian International, which was a successful start-up. About Norkom Technologies Norkom Technologies (www.norkom.com) enables organizations to predict their customers' behavior and influence their interaction with them in the marketplace, resulting in higher profitability and lower costs. Norkom Alchemist(TM) integrates with existing operational Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) systems. Its predictive application models are custom designed for the telecommunications, retail financial services and insurance industries to address the sector-specific issues of churn, fraud, customer attrition, retention and loyalty. Norkom's customers include Esat Digifone, Esat Telecom, Standard Life, first-e, British Airways, Actel Direct, De Lijn, Lucent Technologies, Neckermann, Nortel Networks, Overtoom, and SMAP/OMOB. Further information can be found at www.norkom.com. |
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